"Nobel Prize in Physics" Alexei Abrikosov Hand Signed 2X3.25 Card JG Autographs

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Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
(
Russian
:
Алексе́й Алексе́евич Абрико́сов
; June 25, 1928 – March 29, 2017) was a
Soviet
,
Russian
and American
theoretical physicist
whose main contributions are in the field of
condensed matter physics
. He was the co-recipient of the 2003
Nobel Prize in Physics
, with
Vitaly Ginzburg
and
Anthony James Leggett
, for theories about how matter can behave at extremely low temperatures.
Abrikosov was born in
Moscow
,
Russian SFSR
, Soviet Union, on June 25, 1928, to a couple of
physicians
: Prof.
Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov
and Dr. Fani Abrikosova, née Wulf. He graduated from
Moscow State University
in 1948. From 1948 to 1965, he worked at the Institute for Physical Problems of the
USSR Academy of Sciences
, where he received his Ph.D. in 1951 for the theory of thermal diffusion in
plasmas
, and then his
Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
(a "higher doctorate") degree in 1955 for a thesis on
quantum electrodynamics
at high energies. From 1965 to 1988, he worked at the
Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
(USSR Academy of Sciences). He has been a professor at Moscow State University since 1965. In addition, he held tenure at the
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
from 1972 to 1976, and at the
Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys
from 1976 to 1991. He served as a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1987 to 1991. In 1991, he became a full member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
. In two works in 1952 and 1957, Abrikosov explained how
magnetic flux
can penetrate a class of
superconductors
. This class of materials are called
type-II superconductors
. The accompanying arrangement of magnetic flux lines is called the
Abrikosov vortex
lattice. Together with
Lev Gor'kov
and Igor Dzyaloshinskii, Abrikosov has written an iconic book on theoretical
solid-state physics
, which has been used to train physicists in the field for decades. From 1991 until his retirement, he worked at
Argonne National Laboratory
in the U.S. state of
Illinois
. Abrikosov was an Argonne Distinguished Scientist at the Condensed Matter Theory Group in Argonne's Materials Science Division. When he received the Nobel Prize, his research was focused on the origins of magnetoresistance, a property of some materials that change their resistance to electrical flow under the influence of a magnetic field.